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Related Scene: Act II Scene 1 Lines 1-51 In this scene, Edmund sets Edgar up, making him think that he has sinned against his father and the Duke of Cornwall. It is an accurate representation of the health/sickness motif that is present throughout the rest of the story. Health can be represented as “normal” and…

Evil and Justice The division among 20th Century critics in their interpretations suggests that Shakespeare may have left it to his audiences to provide the answer to the problem of good and evil. It is possible to isolate passages, each of which seems to provide an answer. Kent, placed in the stocks at the order…